Date & Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies are so amazingly simple to make and absolutely delicious. They are sweetened with luscious dates, raisins and light brown sugar, and have a chewy texture that will have you reaching for a third, then maybe a fourth cookie. 🙂

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup Oatmeal

1 1/2 cup Plain flour

3/4 cup Light brown sugar

3/4 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg

1 cup Dates (pitted & chopped)

1/3 cup Raisins

1 Egg (lightly beaten)

5 tbsp Milk

3/4 cup Vegetable oil

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 C. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper.

Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients. Combine everything together with a wooden spoon or a spatula till you get a soft dough consistency.

Use an ice cream scoop to measure and place each cookie or use a large spoon full. Place the dough well apart from each other, flatten each cookie with a large spoon or a spatula. This recipe should make about 18 cookies.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container, consume within 5 days if kept at room temperature.

This is a delightful recipe to make with pure gratification once you taste them. It brought back some nostalgic memories from my childhood;I used to love the heart shaped, golden brown ‘little heart biscuits’ we used to get in India. I always thought they were […]